00:01Alex Ayala wins her opening round assignment in her return to the WTA 1000 Italian Open.
00:06She survives Poland's Magdalena Frek in a 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 win at the Foro Italico in Rome
00:12on Wednesday, May 6.
00:14Ayala outlasts Frek in a match that took 2 hours and 7 minutes.
00:18With the win, Ayala climbs 2 spots to No. 42 in the latest WTA rankings.
00:22Up next for the Filipina is China's world No. 33 Wang Xinyu, whom she lost to in the semi-finals
00:28of the ASB Classic in New Zealand in January.
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